Pulmonary coccidioidomycosis mimicking malignancy associated with Sweet's syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis)

Abstract

Key clinical message A suspicious malignant lung nodule with cutaneous reaction is not always cancer, especially in low risk for malignancy patients. A lung biopsy should be taken into consideration. The associated cause of Sweet's syndrome directs the treatment in each patient.

Keywords

• acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis
• lung nodule
• pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
• sweet syndrome